My third afternoon at the festival finds me wandering around the premises boasting a still-expanding black eye – not, alas, from a macho fistfight with Patrick Wilson over yesterday’s evaluation of “Barry Munday,” but from an accidental collision with a handrail after sneaking late into a pitch-dark screening theater this morning. The more I try […]
EDINBURGH: ‘The Extra Man,’ ‘Two Eyes Staring’ and others
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:52 am · June 23rd, 2010
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Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:12 am · January 15th, 2010
Yesterday, Kris pointed you to Gregory Ellwood’s report on various Oscarcast developments, most of which either elicited a “wait and see” response from me or went over my head completely. (As a very old man of 26, I confess to having only a hazy grasp of who Taylor Lautner actually is. But I very much […]
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The Great Performances: 1997
Posted by John Foote · 8:03 am · October 23rd, 2009
1997 was a great year for actors, but a tough year for Oscar; how do you choose when there are so many deserving nominees? It’s that age-old issue that some award-worthy performances are going to be left out, which though unfair and sad, is very much part of the Academy Awards and frankly what makes […]
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